Embodied Carbon Primer.
Rather than frame the debate as either / or, we should be looking objectively at all the potential decarbonisation solutions we have.No technology is entirely problem-free – including renewables – and we must review the benefits of nuclear power carefully, and on the evidence.. One thing we know for sure is that we need to decarbonise, and quickly.. To learn more about our Design to Value approach to design and construction, sign up for our monthly newsletter here:.
http://bit.ly/BWNewsUpdates.US Energy Information Administration - EIA.https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/renewable-sources/.
https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/SR15_Full_Report_High_Res.pdf.International Energy Agency (IEA) (2019)..
Global Energy & CO2 Status Report 2019: The latest trends in energy and emissions in 2018. http://web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jacobson/Articles/I/CombiningRenew/100PercentPaperAbstracts.pdf.
https://www.electricitymap.org/map.Maybe these could be summed up with the joint sentiment that an industry focused on health should not conspire to harm the long-term well-being of society..
So how do we accelerate?.The drivers for change in this arena need themselves to change, in reality and in dialogue.. With tough and uncertain trading conditions, drivers which do not put economics at the centre of things, risk becoming marginalised.
The aims of efficiency, intensification, recycling and waste reduction, if applied correctly, are directly shared with improving today’s economics.In an arena where regulation and taxation will be aligned to carbon reduction, there is also a strategic necessity for long-term profitability.
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